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Sherry is the consummate litigator. In her eight years at Thompson McMullan, she has cultivated a diverse litigation practice representing insurance companies, businesses, adoptive families, adoption agencies, employers, and constitutional officers.

Sherry represents insurance companies, policy holders and businesses defending against personal injury, malicious prosecution and defamation claims. She also assists insurance companies with fraud and coverage matters. In another life, Sherry may have pursued a career in law enforcement. She especially enjoys fraud examinations as it gives her the chance to play detective.

In addition to the above, Sherry provides representation to constitutional officers, frequently sheriffs and deputy sheriffs in matters arising out of arrests and searches and seizures, whether the claim sounds in negligence, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, or battery. She also litigates civil and constitutional law claims arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

The remainder of Sherry’s litigation practice includes representing businesses in matters concerning breach of contract, business disputes, including business torts, and employment disputes. Sherry represents employers, including constitutional officers, in discrimination matters arising under the ADA, Title VII and Section 1981 before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in federal courts. She also represents employers in unemployment benefit claims before the Virginia Employment Commission.

Lastly, recognizing that adoption is a deeply personal and emotional process for families, Sherry is especially dedicated to providing her adoption clients with not only the highest standard of legal assistance, but specifically legal representation that is compassionate and attuned to the emotional needs of her clients as they navigate the process of creating their family. Sherry assists families in various types of adoptions, including parental placement, agency, close relative, stepparent, and international adoptions. She routinely provides representation throughout the adoption process, from the termination proceedings before the juvenile and domestic relations court to the finalization proceedings before the circuit court. Sherry has also represented clients in contested adoptions.

Sherry is a Yankee by birth. Of her passions, food is the greatest of them. She and her family enthusiastically support community farm initiatives and are proud to obtain much of their food through a farm share with a local Hanover County farm.